Reports last year had it that the tape was being shopped to the highest bidder -- but apparently Kanye was considering releasing the sex tape himself to avoid the "threat" of extortion, though it's unclear how, if Kanye took the video himself, it ended up in someone else's hands. You'd think that celebrities would know how to handle their sex tapes by now. Yeezy told W magazine:

For the most part, I’d rather people have one of those home videos than some of the paparazzi photos that get published. At least I recorded the s**t myself. That tape couldn’t have hurt me in any way if it came out -- it could only have helped.

He apparently decided not to release the tape (eyeballs everywhere thank him) but says that he won't discount releasing it in the future. His reasoning?

Now, I just do exactly what I want, whenever I want, how the f**k I want ... 'F**k you' is my message.

Aww, that's so sweet. He also confesses that his "obsession" is pornography. Don't no one tell me that Kim didn't snag herself an awesome guy! If these two, with their mutual love of sex tapes, can't make it, then I really don't know who can.